More on the Dominican Republic protest

More information has come out on the Dominican Republic's protest of the World Cup qualifier match against Puerto Rico.  FIFA has given the Puerto Rican federation until 11 April to give proof that the inclusion of the players under question -- Dimitris Colon, Terence Boss, Kevin Muller, Christopher Gores, Chris Megalouids and Petter Villegas -- was within the rules of the governing body.  El Nuevo Día of Puerto Rico and El Nuevo Diario of the Dominican Republic have the story. 

The president of the Puerto Rican football federation has called the Dominican protest "frivolous" and "tardy", since it was filed two hours before kickoff instead of the 24 hours required by FIFA.  Felix Disla Gómez, taking a contarian view in Hoy Digital of Santo Domingo, mentioned that the same thing happened in 1992, also initiated by Dominican Republic's federation against Puerto Rico (it was denied).  In Gómez's opinion, this protest has "made us look ridiculous".

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